116th CONGRESS 1st Session |
To amend the Controlled Substances Act to authorize the debarment of certain registrants, and for other purposes.
October 23, 2019
Mr. Latta introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
To amend the Controlled Substances Act to authorize the debarment of certain registrants, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
This Act may be cited as the “Debarment Enforcement of Bad Actor Registrants Act of 2019” or the “DEBAR Act of 2019”.
SEC. 2. Debarment of certain registrants.
Section 304 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 824) is amended by adding at the end the following:
“(h) The Attorney General may issue an order to prohibit, conditionally or unconditionally, and permanently or for such period as the Attorney General may determine, any person from being registered under this title to manufacture, distribute, or dispense a controlled substance or a list I chemical, if the Attorney General finds that—
“(1) such person meets or has met any of the conditions for suspension or revocation of registration under subsection (a); and
“(2) such person is unfit to manufacture, distribute, or dispense a controlled substance or a list I chemical.”.